29 Nov 1984
WILLIAM WAI LAU v. D.J.H. CONSULTANTS LTD
- Citation
- WILLIAM WAI LAU v. D.J.H. CONSULTANTS LTD
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV164/1984
The judge did not abuse his discretion in allowing the petitions to be amended; amendments to originating process should follow ordinary pleading principles and may be permitted at interlocutory stage where prejudice can be compensated and the petition is not shown to be inevitably doomed; the petitions raised triable just and equitable complaints (involuntary exclusion) and therefore should not be struck out at this stage; the court did not finally decide the effect of s.180(1) on the English rule regarding contributory locus standi but noted it could be a limiting factor.